VPN: can connect but ip not correctly issued....

[kennysarmy]

I tried to connect to the school network via our VPN connection, I am the only one who does this.

 

I normally connect and then use VNC to gain access to my desktop.

 

Last night I connected OK to the network but VNC kept timing out.

 

I looked at the results from ipconfig and noticed that my ip address which should have been on my domain range 10.7. was not - this seems to be the issue but what could be the cause?

 

Any ideas please on how to troubleshoot this one?

Thanks.

[kennysarmy]

I have checked server logs and compared an entry for when it worked a month ago with last nights attempt:

 

10.7.43.152,CURRICULUM\sadmin,

09/07/2010,23:25:23,

RAS,FP2,44,264,4,

10.7.43.152,6,2,7,1,5,11,61,5,64,1,65,1,31,

90.193.84.216,66,90.193.84.216,4108,

10.7.43.152,4147,311,4148,MSRASV5.20,4160,MSRASV5.20,4159,MSRAS-0-MAIN,4155,1,4154,

Use Windows authentication for all users,4129,

CURRICULUM\sadmin,4127,4,25,311 1

10.7.43.152

08/23/2010 06:45:14 4,4130,curriculum.local/Balcarras School/Network Management Team/School Admin,4149,Balcarras Staff Policy,4136,1,4142,0

 

10.7.43.152,sadmin,

06/21/2010,22:31:40,

RAS,FP2,44,236,4,

10.7.43.152,6,2,7,1,5,10,61,5,64,1,65,1,31,

90.193.84.76,66,90.193.84.76,4108,

10.7.43.152,4147,311,4148,MSRASV5.20,4160,MSRASV5.10,4159,MSRAS-0-ARRISNEW,4155,1,4154,

Use Windows authentication for all users,4129,

CURRICULUM\sadmin,4127,4,25,311 1

10.7.43.152

06/10/2010 19:02:12 2,4130,curriculum.local/Balcarras School/Network Management Team/School Admin,4149,Balcarras Staff Policy,4136,1,4142,0

[kennysarmy]

everything looks fine i think.

 

one difference is the ip address of my pc at home.

one is the version of RAS I am running at home as I've upgraded to w7.

 

I think I will try from one of my XP laptops tonight and see if something is maybe not setup right with my w7 - strange that it connects OK though.

What is responsible for issuing it with the correct ip.

 

 

The remote access policy on the server states:

"Server settings determine ip address assignment"

[kmount]

Does the VPN box have a range of ip's to dish out ?

[kennysarmy]

Thought maybe it was a dhcp issue but have checked and we have 23% available of the scope.

Not sure what else I could check in dhcp....

[kennysarmy]

not surprisingly there are no entires in the dhcp server log

"DhcpSrvLog-Tue.log" - from last night showing a request for an IP from my connection....

[smalls001]

I used http://www.logmein.com, it's free. It puts a little bit of software on the server. Then I use a VNC from the server to get to other machines.

[kennysarmy]

checked everything against this guidance:

 

DHCP and Remote Access

 

and everything is set up correctly.

[kennysarmy]

In DHCP should I see a list of address reserved for RAS?

[kennysarmy]

I've restarted the DHCP service and lo and behold the RAS entries have returned

 

What's all that about ?

 

Will try dialling in again tonight and report back tomorrow....

[kennysarmy]

ALL GOOD